12-letter words containing g, a, m
- bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- bilingualism — Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages equally well.
- bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biting mania — an epidemic in which people have a compulsion to bite others, as in 15th-century Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- candygrammar — (language) A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; a play on "candygram". COBOL, Apple Computer's Hypertalk language, and many 4GLs share this property. The intent is to be as English-like as possible and thus easier for unskilled people to program. However, syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organisation required to specify an algorithm precisely. Thus "candygrammar" languages are just as difficult to program in, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- case grammar — a system of grammatical description based on the functional relations that noun groups have to the main verb of a sentence
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
- chalazogamic — relating to the process of chalazogamy
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- chimichangas — Plural form of chimichanga.
- chromatogram — a column or strip of material containing constituents of a mixture separated by chromatography
- chromatology — chromatics.
- chromography — (obsolete) chromolithography.
- chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.